LaCie has announced the latest addition to its portable hard drive lineup, the Rugged Mini. Rain-resistant and 40 percent smaller than the standard Rugged drive, it features a scratch-resistant aluminum case and a USB 3.0 connection.
LaCie has announced the latest addition to its portable hard drive lineup, the Rugged Mini. Rain-resistant and 40 percent smaller than the standard Rugged drive, it features a scratch-resistant aluminum case and a USB 3.0 connection.
The Rugged Mini is bus-powered and the USB 3.0 connection provides up to a 3x increase in data transfer performance compared to USB 2.0 (the Rugged Mini is backwards compatible with USB 2.0, however).
The drive will be available in 500GB and 1TB capacities; at least one version will have a 7200RPM spindle speed for the best spindle drive performance. The Rugged Mini comes with a full software suite for both Mac and PC users including an encryption suite to AES-encrypt data plus password protection. Additionally the Rugged Mini includes 10GB of Wuala secure online storage for one year.
Pricing and Availability
The LaCie Rugged Mini will be available in 500GB and 1TB capacities through the LaCie store and LaCie resellers soon (no date specifics given) starting at $95.
